The 'talk' with Marcus and her mother wasn't going well at all, how could her mother be so frustrating!
" Clarke, do you realize what you are asking me to do? You want me, a doctor, to let a man go to his death and maybe the death of innocents people! " said an angry Abby.
" I'm sorry mom, I understand but you are not just a doctor anymore you are a leader too! What would you want us to do? This is war mom, the 'innocents' mountain men are staying alive thanks to the death of the grounders and now our people! They are not 'innocents' mom! What would you do if one of those 'innocents 'people stay alive thanks to the death of Aura, of the death of our family? Would you still protect them? " said a frustrated Clarke.
" There has to be another way! What if your bomb kill true innocents people, kids? I will never be able to forgive myself and I don't think you could ever! " said Abby with a sombre expression.
" Raven is timing it perfectly, we will hide it in the combination. It will explode ten minutes after he has no more air, maybe it will not kill anyone and just damage their installations, or it could kill some soldiers, he will be in debriefing after leaving our camp, or he will never make it back but we have to try! " said a little desperately Clarke .
Abby scoffed, " You are really sure of nothing! What a great plan! "
Clarke sighed, passing nervously her hand through her hair , " You're right mom, it's not that great of a plan but it's the only one we have! The only think we can say for sure is that ten minutes is not enough for him to be with civilians, the bomb will never kill kids. I really think we should try! "
Abby looked at her daughter silently, thinking hard, " What do you think Marcus? "
Marcus, who has been happy to stay out of the 'talk' between mother and daughter, let out a sigh " Honestly, I don't want to do that. Sorry Clarke. But I don't see what else we could do? We need to win time to save our people and to let Bellamy do what he has to do. We don't really have a choice. "
Clarke gave him a small nod, relieved , her mother will listen to Marcus, " Thank you, mom you wanted me to be honest with you, you said you will trust me . I need you to trust me now, please. "
"Ok Clarke, I will follow your lead on this, but if you go too far I will stop you! Clear? " said firmly Abby.
Clarke gave her a small smile of gratitude " Thank you mom. Let us a few hours to be ready before releasing the prisonner. I hope they will panic enough with the bomb and the fires for Bellamy to be free of moving, if it doesn't work we have nothing else. "
Abby smiled sadly " I hope too. Clarke, be careful ok? I don't want you to be hurt . "
" I will mom. You too , don't take risks while you are going to the meeting in Ton Dc. I will meet you there. " said Clarke before taking her mother in her arms and wishing her luck.
With the agreement of her mother and Marcus, the preparations were a lot easier. Clarke left with Murphy , Octavia and the grounders , while Lincoln and Raven were staying next to the radio and guarding the girls. Lincoln was the more fast in riding , he could inform them quickly if anything happened. Octavia was leading the grounders on another road , they had to be ready to start fires around Mount Weaver as soon as possible. Clarke and Murphy met with Tia and her group discreetly. Everything was ready, they were waiting for the night , it would be more impressive , more frightening .It had to work, the bomb and the fires should be enough to scare them, to make them do mistakes while thinking they were under attack . The waiting was insupportable, Murphy with his joy of life was particularly great, she was ready to strangle him, worst Tia and Murphy were really getting along, her little girl was now helping him with his training, since Tia had rescued them, Murphy's pride had been crushed and he had asked humbly for Tia's help. It made Clarke laughed a lot, seeing Murphy like this, but now? She wasn't laughing anymore, she will have a 'talk' with her little girl about boys, how they were monsters , she will not let Murphy corrupt her little girl! Another annoying thing were the grounders she had cured, they wanted to call her " Heda " and were showing her the same respect than Lexa was receiving from her people.
No matter what she said , " Please just call me Clarke and you don't have to lower your head! ", they weren't listening to her! While she was desperately trying to convince them to be less formal she could hear some snickers and laughs from Murphy and Tia in her back, she greeted her teeth, completely exasperated with these stubborn grounders,
" Please, I'm from the sky people, we don't have the same culture, it really make me uncomfortable when you're calling me 'Heda'. "
One of the grounders moved a little in front of the other and looked her in her eyes, his regard hard and serious,
" It would be an insult for us to address you differently, we owe our lives to Heda Amyla and to you . We were monsters and now we have a chance to regain our honour! Once the war is over, we will have, with our family, a place to stay thanks to both of you, no one else would accept us ! You both have our eternal gratitude, we will protect both of you and your family with our lives! Heda! Heda! Heda! "
Great , now they were all chanting it, well, sometimes you have to know it when it's a lost battle , she didn't want to insult them. In a weird sort of way she was showing them respect by acting and letting them call her " Heda " and she knew her friends and family will not let her have a big head, like the two clowns behind her who were grating her nerves, yelling " Heda !" while laughing.
They heard a small explosion coming from the Mountain, apparently it was a success, they had just to wait again a little before it was dark enough to start the fires. Suddenly, they heard some noise coming from the forest, Lincoln was galloping to them, looking extremely worried,
" Clarke! Bellamy has called on the radio! The Mountain men want to send a missile on Ton dc! " said an angry Lincoln .
Clarke began to pass, thinking aloud " Damn it! Maybe the explosion will be enough to stop them? No, it's even worse, now they want some reprisals. The fires will help Bellamy but not Ton dc ! ", she turned to Lincoln, " Go to Ton Dc with three of my men and do what you can .Try to evacuate the more people you can without warning the Mountain men, we can't let them know we have a spy in the Mountain . Once we have finished what we have to do here , I will meet with you at Ton dc. ", Lincoln nodded his head and left quickly with three grounders running by his side, Clarke then turned to Tia, " You have to go back to Anya, it's becoming too dangerous. ", , Tia had a scowl on her face and was ready to open her mouth but Clarke didn't let her the time , " I know you are a warrior and better at fighting than myself, but we are talking about guns and bombs here , you are my daughter and I will not let you take that risk !And no, even your cute grimace will not work " said Clarke smiling a little.
Tia was pouting, vexed, Clarke gave her a hug and gently kissed her on the check, then asked to one of her grounders to go with Tia and to protect her .
They were left in a anxious waiting, not knowing what was happening in Ton dc. After a few more hours they started the fires, screaming and running in the forest , hoping the shadows and the fires will make the Mountain men believed they were facing an army . They let the fires burn and after sending her men back to Amyla, they quickly run toward Ton dc, meeting with Octavia's group on their way.
The town was devastated , some dead body were lying around , loud screams of pain could be hear everywhere, Clarke was too shocked to do anything, her regard completely lost . It's Lincoln scream who made her sort of her torpor, " Clarke! Do you know where is Tia? "
" Wh…What? No! No! She is, not… Tia is not here! She is with Amyla! " Clarke stumbled with her words, not understanding .
Lincoln looked at her sadly, " Clarke she was here, with me. She was searching for Abby when we were separated , we were able to evacuate some people but it wasn't enough . "
Clarke still didn't understand , nothing of what Lincoln said made sense, " I told you she wasn't here! She is with Amyla! ", some tears were starting to fell, no, it couldn't be true, her little girl wasn't here !
" Clarke, I'm sorry but she was with me . We have to find her. " said Lincoln gently , putting his hands on her shoulders, he forced her to look in his eyes , " Clarke! She is here, we have to find her! She must be alive somewhere and she needs help! She needs you! We have to find her and take her to your mother, she is already healing the hurts people! "
" Ok, I …We ….Murphy! You take charge ! " and Clarke was running, searching desperately in the rubble while screaming Tia 's name.
